Discovering London's Guilds and Liveries

by John Kennedy Melling

The City of London has one of the strongest unbroken traditions of livery companies in the world. Over one hundred companies, some six centuries old, maintain strong, colourful, beneficial, traditional and independent lives, and many of them have beautiful halls. This book traces the history of the guilds and liveries in various countries and shows their influence on the Government of the City, on which the Westminster model is based, on the actual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747805598
• ISBN13: 9780747805595
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Shire Publications
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 1.0" x 1.0"